Lowest new COVID cases since June. Coronavirus news on January 3 – RBC

The number of new infections has been at least since the end of June, the symptoms of omicron in children, the head of the Pentagon fell ill with COVID, Onishchenko announced the end date of the pandemic. The most relevant about the COVID pandemic – in the RBC review

In the country, 16,343 new cases of COVID-19 were detected per day, which was the minimum since mid-June 2021. Of those previously ill, 835 people died per day. The total number of infected is 10.5 million, 9.5 million people have recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, over 310 thousand.

• Those who have had coronavirus need to read aloud for 15 minutes every hour to restore the respiratory muscles, said the president of the Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Leo Bokeria. According to him, it is important for those who have undergone coronavirus to achieve good work of the respiratory muscles, in particular the intercostal muscles. In this context, the reading aloud method is most effective, he said.

• When children become infected with coronavirus, a complication visually similar to frostbite – the so-called “covid fingers”, may occur, said Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for research at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor. “In general, in addition to respiratory symptoms, minors may experience gastrointestinal disorders, and after suffering covid, there may be problems with the kidneys, liver, cardiovascular system, respiratory system,” he said.

• The coronavirus pandemic may end by May, provided that all restrictions are met and vaccinations are carried out. About this in a conversation with TASS said Honored Doctor of Russia, epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko.

• In Karelia, a woman who returned from France registered the first case of infection with the omicron coronavirus strain in the region, said the regional health minister Mikhail Okhlopkov.

By data WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 281 million people, of which more than 5.4 million have died.

• The leader in the number of confirmed cases remains the United States, where more than 52.5 million infected were detected. India is in second place (over 34.8 million), in third place is Brazil (over 22.2 million), in fourth place is Great Britain (over 12.3 million), in fifth place is Russia. Over 9 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Turkey and France.

• South Korea has recorded the first two deaths among patients with the omicron strain of coronavirus, Yonhap news agency reported, citing local authorities. Both of the deaths were over 90 years old, according to the health department of Gwangju City, 329 kilometers south of the capital, Seoul. Their tests for the omicron strain showed positive results after death.

• US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tested positive for coronavirus, the disease is mild. The head of the Pentagon explained that he had informed the leadership, in particular, US President Joe Biden about the positive result. The Pentagon is already tracking Austin’s contacts and is verifying everyone he spoke to during the week.

• The first 12 cases of infection with the new omicron coronavirus strain have been detected in Bulgaria. It was found in nine men and three women. Seven out of twelve cases were not vaccinated against coronavirus. Five more were fully vaccinated against it nine months ago with drugs from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.